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ICD-10-CM Code for Hypertensive emergency I16.1

ICD-10 code I16.1 for Hypertensive emergency is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Hypertensive emergency
Use additional code, if applicable, to identify specific organ dysfunction, such as:
acute kidney injury (N17.-)
acute myocardial infarction (I21.-)
acute pulmonary edema (left and/or right ventricular failure) (J81.0, I50.-)
aortic dissection (I71.0-)
cerebral hemorrhage (I60.-. I61.-, I62.-)
cerebral infarction (I63.-)
eclampsia (O15.-)
hypertensive encephalopathy (I67.4)
seizure (R56.9)

I16

Code also: any identified hypertensive disease (I10-I15, I1A)

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Hypertension with Heart Disease guidelines
Hi Kathy On using the scenario above I'd use dx I11.9 HTN without Heart Ds. If the provider mentioned the current symptoms point to HTN and any type of heart disease also mentioned such as CHF, CAD,... [ Read More ]
hypertension and heart disease
[QUOTE="mitchellde, post: 466192, member: 30657"] As stated before if the provider documents the patient has heart disease and the patient has HTN, with no other causation documented for the heart dis... [ Read More ]
hypertension and heart disease
As stated before if the provider documents the patient has heart disease and the patient has HTN, with no other causation documented for the heart disease the coder does combine them to code as i11.- ... [ Read More ]
Hypertensive Urgency
it is not up to the coder to question a diagnosis. If the provider documents severe hypertension then that code is I10. If the provider had documented hypertensive urgency but coded it as I10 then t... [ Read More ]
Diagnosis order diagnosis diagnosis coding guideline help please icd-10 rules
I am having a hard time trying to understand the pecking order for diagnosis codes that have -use additional code to identify under a chapter then also -use additional code to identify underneath the ... [ Read More ]
Hypertensive crisis
[QUOTE="Arunbiot97, post: 401843, member: 301010"]A 52 Year patient came to ED complaint of increasing blood pressure & dizziness. The patient is having the history of CKD who is under treatment. Nurs... [ Read More ]
Hypertensive crisis
A 52 Year patient came to ED complaint of increasing blood pressure & dizziness. The patient is having the history of CKD who is under treatment. Nursing vital BP has 196/102. MD ordered the EKG, Ches... [ Read More ]
HTN Urgency
Hello, Starting 10/2016 can we use I16.0 HTN urgency as principal diagnosis? thx... [ Read More ]
HTN Urgency
Starting 10/2016 can we use I16.0 HTN urgency as principal diagnosis? thx... [ Read More ]
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